DAVID VILLALOBOS-CHAVES
Asociación Theria para el Estudio y Conservación, Costa Rica Programa para la Conservación de los Murciélagos de Costa Rica IUCN SSC Small Mammal Specialist Group
Website: https://villaloboschavesdavid.wordpress.com
E-mails: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Phone number: +506 86647676
Civil status: Single
Permanent Address: Lourdes de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica
Birthdate: March 31, 1987
EDUCATION:
• Ph.D. student. 2018. Mammal Ecomorphology and Evolution. University of Washington.
• Master of Science. 2016. Biology. Universidad de Costa Rica.
• Licenciatura degree in Science. 2015. Biology. Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica.
• Bachelor of Science. 2010. Biology. Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica.
TEACHING AND WORKING EXPERIENCE:
• Instructor. 2018. Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Perú. VHF telemetry applied to research and conservation. Arequipa, Perú.
• Instructor. 2017. The Harker School. Scientific method, experiment design and data analysis field course. Heredia, Costa Rica.
• Consultant. 2017. Eaton Power S.A. Biodiversity monitoring in wind projects. Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
• Instructor. 2016. Universidad de El Salvador. Methods and Applied Techniques to the Study of Rodents. San Salvador, El Salvador.
• Instructor. 2016. Universidad de Costa Rica. Sede Occidente. General Zoology Laboratory. Grecia, Costa Rica.
• Consultant. 2016-2017. Tilawind Corporation S.A. Biodiversity monitoring in wind projects. Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
• Instructor. 2014. Selva Verde Costa Rica Rainforest Lodge. International Course of Identification and Conservation of Neotropical Bats. Heredia, Costa Rica.
• Teaching assistant. 2014. Universidad de Costa Rica. Mammology. San José, Costa Rica.
• Consultant. 2013-2016. Consorcio Eólico Chiripa S.A. Biodiversity monitoring in wind projects. Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
• Instructor. 2013. Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad and Asociación Costarricense de Profesionales en Turismo. Natural History of Mammals. Heredia, Costa Rica.
• Assistant. 2011-2016. Mammalogy collection. Museo de Zoología. Escuela de Biología. Universidad de Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica.
• Teaching assistant. 2011-2013. Universidad de Costa Rica. General Biology Laboratory. San José, Costa Rica.
PUBLICATIONS:
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
• Villalobos-Chaves, D., González-Quirós, L., Lara-Hernández, L.R. & Rodríguez- Herrera, B. Notes on the geographic range and distribution of two free-tailed bat species (Chiroptera, Molossidae) in Costa Rica. Check List 14 (5): 805–810. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/14.5.805
• Alfaro-Lara, H., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Castillo-Gómez, J.I., Zuñiga-Montero, A.F., & Pineda-Lizano, W. Rediscovery of Furipterus horrens (Chiroptera: Furipteridae) in Costa Rica. Mammalia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2018-0066 • Acosta-Chaves, V., & Villalobos-Chaves, D. 2018. Lo que el viento se llevó: ¿conocemos el impacto que producir energía eólica causa sobre los vertebrados voladores de Costa Rica?. Revista de Ciencias Ambientales/Tropical Journal of Environmental Sciences. 52 (1): 239–246. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15359/rca.52- 1.14
• Villalobos-Chaves, D., Spinola-Parallada, M., Heer, K., Kalko, E. K. V. & Rodríguez- Herrera, B. 2017. Implications of a Specialized Diet on the Foraging Behavior of the Honduran white bat, Ectophylla alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Journal of Mammalogy. 98 (4): 1193–1201. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyx044
• Villalobos-Chaves, D., Vargas-Murillo, J., Rojas-Valerio, E., Keeley, B. W., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2016. Understory bat roosts, availability and occupation patterns in a Neotropical rainforest of Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical. 64 (3): 1333–1343.
• Granados, G., & Villalobos-Chaves, D. 2016. Field Observations of the Hairy-legged bat Vampire (Diphylla ecaudata) Feeding on a Native Bird in Costa Rica. Bat Research News. 57 (2): 11–13.
• Villalobos-Chaves, D., Padilla-Alvárez, S., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2016. Seed predation by the wrinkle-faced bat Centurio senex: A new case of this unusual feeding strategy in Chiroptera. Journal of Mammalogy. 97 (3): 726–733. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyv222
• Acosta-Chaves, V., & Villalobos-Chaves, D. 2015. Tantilla armillata. Predation by a Central American Bark Scorpion (Centruroides edwardsii). Mesoamerican Herpetology. 2 (2): 202–203.
• Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Dick, C. W. 2014. Rediscovery of the Rare Tacarcunan Bat Lasiurus castaneus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Costa Rica. Ecotropica. 20: 65– 68.
• Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Ramírez-Fernández, J. D., Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Sánchez, R. 2014. Actualización de la lista de especies de mamíferos vivientes de Costa Rica. Mastozoología Neotropical. 21 (2): 275–289.
• Villalobos-Chaves, D., Barrantes, G., Fuchs, E. J., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2013. Canines as a measuring tool for leaf tent construction in Dermanura watsoni. Acta Chiropterologica. 15 (2): 441–449.
• Villalobos-Chaves, D., Rodríguez-Herrera, B., & Tschapka, M. 2013. First records of day roosts of the nectar-feeding bat Lichonycteris obscura (Phyllostomidae: Glossophaginae). Caribbean Journal of Science. 47 (2-3): 335–338.
BOOKS • Villalobos-Chaves, D., Ramírez-Fernández, J. D., Chacón-Madrigal, E., Lizano- Pineda, W. & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2016. Clave para la identificación de los roedores de Costa Rica. Sistema Editorial y de Difusión de la Investigación (SIEDIN). San José: Costa Rica. 37 pp.
BOOK CHAPTERS • Villalobos-Chaves, D., Bonaccorso, F., Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Cordero-Schmidt, E., Arias-Aguilar, A., & Todd, C. 2016. The influence of sex and reproductive status on foraging behavior and seed dispersal by Uroderma convexum (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Pp. 281–301. In Sociality in Bats (J. Ortega, ed.). Berlin: Springer- Verlag.
• Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Cordero, E., Arias, A., Rámirez, J., & Sánchez, R. 2015. Programa para la Conservación de los Murciélagos de Costa Rica (PCMCR). Pp. 9–22. In Estrategia centroamericana para la conservación de los murciélagos (B. Rodríguez-Herrera & R. Sánchez, eds.). Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica. San José: Costa Rica.
• Villalobos-Chaves, D. 2010. Éxito reproductivo de la palma neotropical dioica Chamaedorea tepejilote (Arecales: Arecaceae). In Biología de campo (F. Bolaños, E. Chacón & J. Lobo, eds.). Universidad de Costa Rica.
• Villalobos-Chaves, D. 2010. Ectoparásitos en los murciélagos Carollia perspicillata y Glossophaga soricina (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae): tasas de parasitismo, especificidad y relaciones parasito-hospedero. In Biología de campo (F. Bolaños, E. Chacón & J. Lobo, eds.). Universidad de Costa Rica.
TECHNICAL INFORMS • Acosta, V., & Villalobos-Chaves, D. 2017. Monitoreo de la fauna de aves y murciélagos en el Proyecto Eólico Ventos, Tilarán, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Technical report. Eaton Power S.A., Costa Rica.
• Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Acosta, V. 2016–2017. Monitoreo de la fauna de aves y murciélagos en el Proyecto Eólico Tilawind, Tilarán, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Technical report. Tilawind Corporation S.A., Costa Rica.
• Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Acosta, V. 2014–2015–2016. Monitoreo de la fauna de murciélagos en el Proyecto Eólico La Chiripa, Tilarán, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Technical reports. Consorcio Eólico Chiripa S.A, Costa Rica.
• Acosta, V., & Villalobos-Chaves, D. 2014–2015–2016. Monitoreo de la avifauna en el Proyecto Eólico La Chiripa, Tilarán, Guanacaste, Costa Rica Technical reports. Consorcio Eólico Chiripa S.A, Costa Rica.
• Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Acosta, V. 2013. Estudio biológico base de la fauna de murciélagos en el Proyecto Eólico La Chiripa, Tilarán, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Technical report. Consorcio Eólico Chiripa S.A, Costa Rica.
• Acosta, V., & Villalobos-Chaves, D. 2013. Estudio biológico base de la avifauna en el Proyecto Eólico La Chiripa, Tilarán, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Technical report. Consorcio Eólico Chiripa S.A, Costa Rica.
SUBMITTED & IN PREPARATION • Carmona-Ruíz, D., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Del Real-Monroy, M., & Ortega, J. Socio-spatial organization, kinship, and paternity revealed with noninvasive microsatellites in the Honduran white bat (Ectophylla alba). Submitted.
• Sotomayor-Bonilla, J., Moreira-Soto, A., Mendizabal, D., Soley-Guardia, M., Ramírez-Fernández, J., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Niehaus, C., Gutiérrez-Espeleta, G., Rico-Chavez, O., Foley, J., Suzan, G. & Chaves, A. Diverse beta and gammaherpesviruses in Neotropical rodents from Costa Rica. Submitted.
• Villalobos-Chaves, D., Melo, F.P.L. & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. Dispersal patterns of Neotropical large-seeded plant species and spatial movement behavior of a small frugivorous bat. Submitted.
• Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. Dispersal and establishment of large-seeded plants mediated by tent-roosting bats: It matters who depositates what where. In preparation.
• Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Santana, S. E. Morphological and functional analysis of resource use and coexistence among a community of new world free tailed bats (Molossidae) in Costa Rica. In preparation.
• Rodríguez-Girón, M., Girón, L., Villalobos-Chaves, D. & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. Tent site selection on Carludovica rotundifolia and C. drudei (Cyclanthaceae) by Dermanura watsoni (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae). In preparation.
• Jiménez-Céspedes, A., Sandoval-Castro, I., Villalobos-Chaves, D. & Rodríguez- Herrera, B. Geothermal energy and bats: Do artificial clearings on the forest affect the community composition of aerial insectivores in a geothermal project of Costa Rica?. In preparation.
• Díaz-Morales, M., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Karremans, A.P. & Hanson, P. Deceptive pollination of Brassia arcuigera (Orchidaceae) by Spider-Hunting Wasps of the genus Pepsis spp (Pompilidae). In preparation.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS: • Bocardo Delgado, E. F., Perez Diaz, M. M., Rodriguez Pinto, N. I., Samaez Quispe, D. C., Arias Palo, S., González Terrazas, T. P., Morales Hurtado, J. A., Lopez Tejeda, E. L., Pino Bolaños, K. S., & Villalobos-Chaves, D. Widlife influence on tropical crops: The role of insectivorous bats in the regulation of insects community associated with crops in Arequipa, Perú.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS:
• WRF Hall International Endowed Fellowship. 2018. Department of Biology, University of Washington.
• General Travel Assistance Scholarship. 2017. The International Bio-Logging Symposium & Microwave Telemetry.
• Assistance Scholarship for scientific events. 2017. Red Latinoamericana de Ciencias Biológicas (Relab).
• Elisabeth Kalko Award. 2014. Red Latinoamericana para la Conservación de los Murciélagos.
• Rufford Award. 2014. Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation.
• BCI-RELCOM Award. 2013. Bat Conservation International-Red Latinoamericana para la Conservación de los Murciélagos.
• BCI-RELCOM Award. 2012. Bat Conservation International-Red Latinoamericana para la Conservación de los Murciélagos.
PRESENTATIONS: • Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2017. Influence of Tent-Roosting Bats on Dispersal and Recruitment of Large-Seeded Plants in Costa Rica. II Congreso Latinoamericano de Murciélagos, San Salvador, El Salvador. Oral presentation.
• Villalobos-Chaves, D., Vargas-Murillo, J., Rojas-Valerio, E., Keeley, B. W., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2017. Understory bat roosts, availability and occupation patterns in a Neotropical rainforest of Costa Rica. II Congreso Latinoamericano de Murciélagos, San Salvador, El Salvador. Oral presentation.
• Villalobos-Chaves, D., Kalko, E. K. V., Heer, K., Spinola-Parallada, M. R., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2017. Implications of a Specialized Diet on the Foraging Behavior of the Honduran white bat, Ectophylla alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). The 6th International Bio-logging Science Symposium. Konstanz, Germany. Poster.
• Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2015. Influence of Tent-Roosting Bats on Dispersal and Recruitment of Large-Seeded Plants in the Northwestern Costa Rica. North American Symposium on Bat Research. Monterey, California, USA. Oral.
• Villalobos-Chaves, D., Barrantes, G., Fuchs, E. J., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2015. Canines as a measuring tool for leaf tent construction in Dermanura watsoni. Simposio del Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas y Afines. San José, Costa Rica. Oral.
• Villalobos-Chaves, D., Kalko, E. K. V., Heer, K., Spinola-Parallada, M. R., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2013. Foraging Behavior of Ectophylla alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), an Extreme Food and Habitat Specialist. International Bat Research Conference. San José, Costa Rica. Oral.
• Villalobos-Chaves, D., Kalko, E. K. V., Heer, K., Spinola-Parallada, M. R., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2013. Foraging Behavior of Ectophylla alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), an Extreme Food and Habitat Specialist. I Congreso Latinoamericano de Murciélagos, Quito, Ecuador. Oral.
INTERNSHIPS: • 2017. Bat skull morphology and function. The Santana Lab. Department of Biology. University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
EDITORIAL SERVICES:
• Revista de Biología Tropical • International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation • Journal of Mammalogy • Biotropica • Journal of Bat Research & Conservation • Mammalian Species
LANGUAGES: • Spanish: Native • English (TOEFL iBT=97)